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WOODEN BREAST BONE,
JACKSON’S VICTORY.
THE Girls about here, they think themselves wise,
'11 wink and they’ll blink like a toad in surprise:
'11 gossip and dissemble, and do alt they can,
:ive and ensnare some innocent man.
fe”crooked-back girls and the wither’d old maids, They'll brace themselves up, tben begin their parades; With an air of conceit, they’ll strut when from borne,
But their beauty all lies in a Wooden Breast Bone.
When thus splinter’d up, with their shoulders drawn back, Not only their shoulders, but their sides do not lack;
Of -their figure and beauty they’ll presume for to boast, But they look, for the world, like a goose skewer’d to roast
Extravagant ere atures, they wear up our wood,’
And in a new country, I think they’d prove good; 'They’d clear off the hickory, the oak they’d not spare, And they’d use up the poplars, if any grew there.
X© see one a walking, it is quite a funny scene, .Something as if they to market had been;
And when you address them how foolish they feel,
Por they can’t turn their heads, buttheir bodies must wheel.
And when the young ladies arc badly circumstanc’d. Which they consider a misfortune, their shapes to enhance, They’ll apply the Board, to keep themselves straight,
But they arc easily known by their waddling gait.
Come, all you young men who are seeking for wives,
0	don’t marry such, no, not for your lives:
Although to you they may appear very good,
Yet when yon do hug them, you’ll find they’re but wood.
And now to conclude, and finish ray song,
1	hope you’ll know better before it is long;
And should any of you by this taka offence,
You may go to the devil and seek recompense.
and vintage advertisements, on view at the exhibition, will demonstrate the general’s lasting impact, particularly in the South. Jackson’s imprint on the Crescent City, from Jackson Square to JAX beer, will also be explored.
In life and after death, Jackson’s enormous fame sustained a cottage industry through much of the 19th century among artists and craftsmen who produced souvenirs and folk-art renderings for sale and home display. Among the more curious examples included in the show are a hickory cane with an exquisite ivory bust portrait of Jackson in uniform, two portrait snuffboxes, and an English-made lusterware pitcher with an engraved transfer portrait.
Jackson’s ability to inspire fervent adulation as well as hostility made him a powerful symbol of American resolve and self-sufficiency, one that left a lasting mark on the history and culture of our country at a time when its identity was still forming. His restless determination to win the West set the tone for the decades of expansion and development that followed. It’s appropriate that New Orleans—the epicenter of Jackson’s career and legend—should take a retrospective look at this American icon during the bicentennial of his famous victory. —JASON WIESE
Jackson’s Victory.
COME), all you brave Americans, don’t let as disagree, Come, listen to my story, and plainly you shall see ;
We are the brave Americans, that never fear’d the foe, Brought on by General Jackson, you very well do know. CHOR.CS.
1 So cheer up my lively lads, and never have it said,
That the free sons of Amcrica were ever yet afraid.
Twas on the tenth of October, the morning being clear, We espied a famous army of British Grenadiers;
At one o’clock we fired a shot, and they return’d the same, Fight on, my boys, says Jackson, for now begins the game. So cheer up, &c.
At one o’clock, my brave boys, the battle did begin,
Anti in two hours after, the battle we did win;
’Twas with our glit’ring broad-swords,we cu t & slash’d the foe, While Jackson, he commanded, and bid us where to go.
So cheer up, Sic.
The plains they were all covet’d with the wounded and slain, Three hundred of their best men lay dead upon the plain; The rest run to the mountains as fast as they could fly ; Cheer up my brave Americans, we’ve gain’d the victory.
So cheer up, &c.
Here’s a health to General Jackson, also, to all his men,
To soldiers and officers, who did so bravely stand;
To officers and soldiers, who caus’d the foe to flee,
It’s our delight, brave boys, to fight for Jackson and liberty.
So cheer up, &c.
Come, all you brave Americans, the wars are now all o’er, We’ve fought and gain’d our liberty as many have before; With a glass of brandy in our hands, as you may plainly see, «£j We’ll show the British Grenadiers that Uncle Sam is free. £j So cheer up, &c.
G.	Andrew Jackson snuffbox
ca. 1820; papier-mache with hand-painted engraving acquisition made possible in part by William C. Cook, MSS 557, 2014.0249.3
H.	Andrew Jackson copper luster pitcher
ca. 1828; earthenware with lusterware decoration and
transfer print
2074.0249.7
I.	Wooden Breast Bone, and Jackson’s Victory
between 1832 and 1837; letterpress handbj.ll by Leonard Deming, publisher The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection, MSS557, 2007-68-1.43
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